Kiawah Island Lawyers

Attorney J. Brooks Davis has the experience you need to succeed in your criminal, DUI, traffic or accident case. Prior to being an attorney, Brooks attended the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia and was a police officer for the City of Charleston. As a police officer, Brooks served in patrol, traffic and was chief pilot of the aviation division. Brooks is trained in the use of radar, DUI field sobriety testing, breathalyzer operation and accident investigation. Brooks will work with you directly and involve you in the process so that you may make informed decisions and achieve the best possible...

Kelly M. Alfreds always aims to go above and beyond to ensure her clients understand their rights, how the legal and medical process works, and the details of any issue involved in their case. She keeps her clients well-informed to have peace of mind – helping them get the benefits they rightfully deserve. Working closely with her workers’ comp clients, Kelly: - Gathers and prepares the appropriate documentation, including accident reports, medical records, and witness statements. - Determines their wage benefits and explains the law in how these weekly wage benefits are calculated. - Prepares her clients to testify at hearings if necessary, along...

Mark C. Fava is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP practicing aviation law and land use matters. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Fava served as an elected member of his local municipality’s government until he relocated to Atlanta for three years where he worked as the chief operations attorney for Delta Air Lines, Inc., during and after 9/11. Mr. Fava’s broad aviation practice includes litigation and regulatory law. Admitted to practice in Washington, DC, he represents aviation clients in matters involving the Department of Transportation, the FAA, the TSA, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Currently,...

Stephen P. Groves, Sr. practices in the Litigation and Insurance Groups. Mr. Groves practice includes Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice and International Law. Mr. Groves has served on the editorial board of the South Carolina Lawyer and as a contributor to South Carolina Jurisprudence. In addition, Mr. Groves has served as a contributor or contributing editor to a number of publications. Among them, South Carolina Civil Procedure and The Law of Domestic Relations in South Carolina, the ABA TIPS' Property Insurance Law Committee's Annotations to the Standard Fire and Homeowners Insurance Policy and Property Insurance Issues in Catastrophe losses. Additionally, Mr. Groves...

C. Austin Elliott is a native of Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He attended Charleston School of Law and has practiced in the Charleston area since 2011, successfully representing hundreds of individuals and businesses throughout the Lowcountry.

Mr. Elliott represents clients in a variety of matters including:

Civil & Business Litigation
Criminal Defense
Personal Injury
State & Federal Regulatory/Administrative Matters
Business Transactions and Formations
Firearms Issues

For more than 30 years, Randell C. Stoney, Jr. has focused his law practice in the areas of premises liability, product liability, construction law and litigation and general liability in the Charleston, South Carolina area. He is certified as both an arbitrator and a mediator.

He has been recognized annually by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers and serves as Barnwell Whaley's managing member.

For a complete bio, please visit: https://barnwell-whaley.com/attorneys/randell-c-stoney-jr/

Brent D. Sausser is a listed Attorney of Record with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Brent graduated from the University of New Hampshire Law School (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center); consistently ranked one of the top ten intellectual property law schools in the U.S. He has experience filing trademark applications, drafting and filing responses to USPTO office actions, running comprehensive trademark searches, as well as drafting responses to oppositions containing legal arguments for publishing. His firm focuses on trademark registration, responding to trademark office actions, trademark renewal filings, trademark monitoring services, trademark searches, and copyright registration.

John Townsend's goal as an attorney at Cooper & Bilbrey, P.C. has always been to help clients get through difficult situations. His consistent objective is to help clients manage their situation, come to a resolution, and move on with their lives and businesses. Prior to attending law school, John Townsend worked as a real estate broker and in the construction field. He holds a SC Real Estate Broker's licence, a SC Residential Builder's license, a USCG OUPV license, and has civil litigation experience in cases involving admiralty and maritime matters, business disputes, construction issues, contracts, personal injury, and real estate...

Michael A. Timbes, founding partner, leads the firm’s business litigation and general civil litigation practices and handles the firm’s appeals. He is also a certified civil court mediator and is appointed by the South Carolina Supreme Court to the Board of Bar Examiners. Prior to joining Thurmond, Kirchner, Timbes & Yelverton, P.A., he worked as an associate attorney on the business litigation team with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, in Atlanta, Georgia. Before that, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Kaye G. Hearn, then Chief Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. He also has...

Licensed in South Carolina, Georgia and Illinois. Primary office located in Charleston, South Carolina. Practice areas include Business and Corporate Law. We offer a range of business legal services to business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals of most all industries.

Personal Injury Attorney Craig Conover founded the Conover Law Firm in 2021 to help people across South Carolina get the legal representation they need across personal injury and workers' compensation cases. Craig and his team focus on car accidents, truck accidents, on-the-job injuries, motorcycle accidents, and more. Conover Law Firm offers free consultations and is available 24/7 at (843) 829-HURT.

Ryan Bluestein was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1973. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1995, and went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern Carolina in 1999. Mr. Bluestein started out working for a large plaintiff's law firm in Charleston, but in 2003, he decided to leave to start his own private practice. He is focused on providing knowledgeable and experienced counsel to a variety of practice areas, including personal injury, real estate, construction litigation, and DUI defense.

Alex is a small business owner and trademark attorney in Charleston, SC. Alex's office, Toporek Law, provides accessible and efficient trademark registration services to small businesses and entrepreneurs that are seeking to legally protect their brand. Alex offers flat rate fees for: *Trademark Application Preparation and Filing *Trademark Clearance Searches *USPTO Office Action Responses Learn more about the Toporek Law at http://www.toporeklaw.com.

I have represented clients in every type of court in South Carolina, from municipal courts to the South Carolina Supreme Court. My clients receive focused, intelligent, and personal representation.

Phillip Ferderigos: South Carolina Attorney. Litigator. Mediator.

Phillip practices in the areas of workers’ compensation, alternative dispute resolution and mediation, appellate practice, civil litigation, construction law, insurance coverage, insurance defense, liquor liability, personal injury, products liability, professional malpractice, real estate and development, subrogation and collections, toxic torts, and trucking and transportation.

Phillip Ferderigos full bio may be viewed on the firm website: https://barnwell-whaley.com/attorneys/phillip-ferderigos/

Victoria Kepes joined The Noble in 2022 as a Partner, leading the firm’s growth to our South Carolina office. Before joining The Noble Law, Ms. Kepes worked as Senior Counsel for Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, where she focused on employment and general litigation matters. In this role, she represented clients in federal and state courts in both North and South Carolina. Previously, Ms. Kepes clerked for the Honorable Robert H. Hodges Jr. on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Ms. Kepes also brings a breadth of experience in many of The Noble Law’s key practice areas. She has represented...

Paul R. Thurmond, founding partner, leads the firm’s criminal defense practice. Before starting the firm in 2005, he served as an assistant solicitor with the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Charleston, S.C. During that time, he handled over one thousand criminal indictments, from minor infractions to murder, leaving the Solicitor’s Office with a 92 percent trial conviction rate. Since then, Thurmond has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston and more recently as a part-time prosecutor for the City of North Charleston. In this role, he predominately handled the City’s DUI cases along with other offenses. He also...

Brian attended the College of Charleston on a full athletic scholarship and graduated in 1994 with his Bachelor of Arts degree. In 2000, he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law. After law school, Brian was appointed the Assistant Attorney General by the South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon. Brian prosecuted numerous criminal charges, including some of the most severe. As a former prosecutor, he has a unique insight into how criminal charges are handled, and how to effectively litigate in court. Brian focuses his caseload on criminal defense, personal injury, and family law.

A Charleston native, Stephen Jenkins Bell joined Duffy & Young in 2015 after working as an associate with a large regional firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. Stephen has litigation experience in state and federal courts and administrative bodies in South Carolina and North Carolina. His work includes commercial litigation, class action cases, securities litigation, real property disputes, estate litigation, legislative advice, administrative permitting and regulation, and financial industry litigation.

Stephen was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 2014, having first entered the North Carolina bar in 2012. He is admitted to practice before all U.S. District Courts in South Carolina...

Dawes Cooke: counselor, mediator, arbitrator, litigator, leader.

In the legal community, Dawes Cooke has served as the President of the South Carolina Bar (2018-2019). Among his many accolades, he has been recognized by his peers as the Super Lawyers number one attorney in South Carolina for the years of 2014, 2015 and 2016, and he is frequently named a Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in the areas of arbitration, mediation and bet-the-company litigation for the Charleston area.

In his community, Cooke has served as president of the East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club and vice chairman...

The law offices of Jung Disability and Injury Advocates are located in Mount Pleasant, S.C. and were established in 2000. I graduated from Davidson College in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in history. I then went on to complete law school at St. John's University in 1990. I practiced law in the state of New York for 10 years prior to moving my practice to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. I am admitted to practice in state and federal courts in South Carolina and New York. My principal practice areas are disability, personal injury, civil litigation, and trial and appellate practice....

20 years experience in criminal law. State and Federal. Handled over 2500 DUI and DUAC cases. Handled over 3000 other types of traffic tickets. Handled over 25 felony DUI cases. Successfully handled over 50 Drug Trafficking cases. State legal representative for N.O.R.M.L.

Taylor Lawrence Grooms focuses his practice on car wrecks, medical malpractice, premises liability, and dog bites. Working out of the Steinberg Law Firm’s office in Goose Creek, Taylor is committed to seeing his clients properly compensated for their injuries. Taylor was recently elected President of the Berkeley County Bar Association and is a member of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Berkeley Class of 2019. The National Trial Lawyers Association also recognized Taylor in the organization’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2020. Taylor received a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Clemson University. He then attended the University of South...

Attorney David P. Traywick is a Charleston personal injury and consumer law attorney. Mr. Traywick has a background in finance and marketing, which affords him a unique perspective on the cases he handles. With a focus on the big picture, he utilizes a strategic approach to his cases in pursuit of optimal results. Mr. Traywick earned his law degree from the University of South Carolina. While in school, he did extensive research and reporting on the South Carolina Coastal Zone Management Act. The paper he wrote on this topic during this time has proven invaluable to instructing and guiding...

Todd M. Hess: Professional Engineer. Certified Financial Planner. Patent Attorney. NC Intellectual Property Mediator.

Todd Hess primarily concentrates his law practice in the North Carolina and South Carolina markets in all areas of intellectual property. He is additionally licensed to practice law in Georgia, and in federal court with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

He brings over a decade of intellectual property experience to Barnwell Whaley, particularly in counseling start ups in the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries as well as the craft brewing industry.

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, I have been helping people with financial problems, financial planning and creditor abuse matters for over 40 years. My goal is to have my clients in better shape when their legal matter is concluded than when it bagan.

Experienced attorney handling plaintiff's personal injury cases for over 25 years. Former Judge Advocate in the USMC. Listed as member of Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Top 100 Trial lawyers and Best South Carolina Attorneys.

Prior to running her own firm, Beth Santilli practiced with Fleet Freeman for several years, eventually becoming his partner. She is an experienced advocate that has helped many clients facing legal challenges in the Lowcountry. She works diligently to draft corporate and estate documents that keep her clients out of court. When litigation is unavoidable, you can rely on her experience and knowledge in the courtroom. She has litigated several civil cases including business disputes, estate disputes and employer/employee matters. She regularly creates business entities and acts as outside corporate counsel. Beth has drafted numerous corporate documents and corporate processes,...

Attorney Gary Heisterkamp received his both his A.A. and B.S. degrees in Criminal Justice from Clayton State University in 1994 and 2010, respectively. Originally from Atlanta, GA, Gary relocated to South Carolina to complete his Juris Doctorate from the Charleston School of Law, where he graduated in 2014 with honors. While in law school, Attorney Heisterkamp was an active member of the Student Bar Association, where he served as senator and President Pro Tempore, and also maintained membership in international legal society Phi Delta Phi. Additionally, Gary has worked as an Academic Success Fellow and a Teaching Fellow. He has...

Anna Strandberg concentrates her law practice in the areas of civil litigation, immigration, employment law and probate.

Her full bio may be viewed on the firm website:
https://barnwell-whaley.com/attorneys/anna-strandberg/

Ms. Arcure is the Finkel Law Firm's newest associate, and settled in Charleston in 2007 after attending Georgetown University. As a dual citizen of the US and France, she grew up in New Hampshire and spent significant time with her extended family in the south of France. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and later in her undergraduate studies focused on Spanish, Russian, French, and Linguistics. She is fluent in French and Spanish. Ms. Arcure practices in the Firm's Civil Litigation Department, with a primary focus in Immigration Law.